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Strong's #6578 - פְּרָת
Transliteration
Pᵉrâth
Phonetics
per-awth'
Root Word (Etymology)
from an unused root meaning to break forth
Parts of Speech
Proper Name Masculine
TWOT
None
Definition
- Brown-Driver-Briggs
- Strong
Brown-Driver-Briggs'
Euphrates = “fruitfulness”
1) the largest and longest river of western Asia; rises from two chief sources in the Armenian mountains and flows into the Persian Gulf
Frequency Lists
- Book
- Word
Verse Results
KJV (19)
Genesis
2
Deuteronomy
2
Joshua
1
2 Samuel
1
2 Kings
2
1 Chronicles
2
2 Chronicles
1
Jeremiah
8
NAS (18)
Genesis
2
Deuteronomy
2
Joshua
1
2 Kings
2
1 Chronicles
2
2 Chronicles
1
Jeremiah
8
HCS (19)
Genesis
2
Deuteronomy
2
Joshua
1
2 Samuel
1
2 Kings
2
1 Chronicles
2
2 Chronicles
1
Jeremiah
8
BSB (21)
Genesis
4
Deuteronomy
2
Joshua
1
2 Samuel
1
2 Kings
2
1 Chronicles
2
2 Chronicles
1
Jeremiah
8
ESV (19)
Genesis
2
Deuteronomy
2
Joshua
1
2 Samuel
1
2 Kings
2
1 Chronicles
2
2 Chronicles
1
Jeremiah
8
WEB (19)
Genesis
2
Deuteronomy
2
Joshua
1
2 Samuel
1
2 Kings
2
1 Chronicles
2
2 Chronicles
1
Jeremiah
8
Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition
מְּרָת proper name, masculine, of a river Eupharates, Ευφρατης (Assyrian Purattu Dl Pa.169 ff., Whence Old Persian, Ufrâtu, Spieg APK 211); — the greatest river of West Asia; ׳פ Genesis 2:14. ׳נְהַר פ Genesis 15:18; (both secondary phrases in J), ׳נְהַר פ also 2 Samuel 8:3 (Qr, see נָהָר), Jeremiah 46:2,6,10; Deuteronomy 1:7; Deuteronomy 11:24; Joshua 1:4 (D), 2 Kings 23:29; 2 Kings 24:7; 1 Chronicles 5:9; 1 Chronicles 18:3; נהר omitted Jeremiah 13:4,5,6,7 (where Ew Hi Marti, after Schick ZPV iii. ll, think of some other מְּרָת, but Gf Gie and most defend Euphrates) Jeremiah 51:63; 2 Chronicles 35:20 (compare Genesis 2:14 above); name not certainly attested before D Jeremiah; on earlier הַנָּהָר for this river see ׳נ.
מֹּרָת Genesis 42:22 see [ מָּרָה].
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Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition
פְּרָת pr.n. Euphrates, a river of Syria which rises in the mountains of Armenia, and southward of Babylon unites with the Tigris, and empties itself into the Persian gulf, Genesis 2:14, 15:18 Deuteronomy 1:7; Jeremiah 2:18 -13:47 (where some incorrectly understand Ephrata). Jeremiah 46:2, and frequently; comp. נָהָר No. 2, Gr. Εὐφράτης (from אֶפְרָת), Arab. فُرَاتُ which also denotes sweet water (the water of the Euphrates is sweet and pleasant-tasted; comp. Jeremiah 2:18); see the root.
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List of Word Forms
בִּפְרָ֑ת בפרת פְּרָ֑ת פְּרָ֔ת פְּרָ֔תָה פְּרָ֖ת פְּרָ֗ת פְּרָֽת׃ פְרָֽת׃ פְּרָֽת פרת פרת׃ פרתה bifRat bip̄·rāṯ bip̄rāṯ feRat pə·rā·ṯāh pə·rāṯ p̄ə·rāṯ peRat pərāṯ p̄ərāṯ peRatah pərāṯāh
